Calendar: October 24-30, 2025
Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday/Saturday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!
10/25: Becca Whitaker (staff cartoonist, Bachelor Pad Magazine, Champaign, IL)
10/26: Joseph F. Alexandre (filmmaker, BACK HOME YEARS AGO: THE REAL ‘CASINO’, JFA Films, Los Angeles, CA)
FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said
Short…
IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing Our Scenes on the Small Screen
…short, short.
CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History
20 Years Ago … Week of Monday, October 24, 2005: Opteryx Press of Champaign begins shipping and store placement of MICRO-FILM 7, the imprint’s flagship journal. Articles cover the Lars von Trier “challenge” documentary THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS, the Ron Santo biographical film THIS OLD CUB, current productions from Haxan Films (THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT), regional indies such as FIVE YEARS and QUALITY OF LIFE, the passing of Sarah Jacobson (MARY JANE’S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE), and more. This 64-page issue is the last print edition of MF to date. [R]
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Brookens Auditorium, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL
LIPSTICK* downstate Illinois premiere w/filmmaker Kimberly D. Conner (10/25, 7 p.m.)
@ Lincoln Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Film & Video* meeting (10/25, 4:30 p.m., Room 1002)
@ The Lincoln Square Theater, Decatur, IL
TRICK AND TREATS* limited run (10/24, 10/29, 10/30, 7 p.m.)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Society* presents “The Savoy Arthouse” feat. STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR (10/26, 3 p.m., documentary)
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
BLUE MOON, CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), DREAM EATER*, REGRETTING YOU, SHELBY OAKS, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, AFTER THE HUNT, BLACK PHONE 2, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES*, GOOD FORTUNE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER*, ROOFMAN, SOUL ON FIRE (faith film), TRON: ARES, TRUTH & TREASON (10/24 on), THAMMA* (in Hindi with English sub) (10/24-10/26), PARANORMAN (animation) (10/25-10/26, 4:15 & 7 p.m., 10/27-10/28, 7 p.m.; 3-D), STITCH HEAD sneak preview (animation) (10/26, 2 p.m.), NUREMBERG sneak preview w/Russel Crowe livestream Q&A (10/27, 6:30 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (10/27, 7 p.m.), ANNIVERSARY, STITCH HEAD (animation) (10/29 on), VINCENT MUST DIE/HALLOW ROAD double feature (10/30, 7 p.m.), BACK TO THE FUTURE 40th anniversary (10/30 on) *single screenings daily
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), EK DEEWANE KI DEEWANIYAT (in Hindi with English sub), REGRETTING YOU, SHELBY OAKS, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, THAMMA* (in Hindi with English sub), BLACK PHONE 2, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, GOOD FORTUNE, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, ROOFMAN, TRON: ARES, TRUTH & TREASON (10/24 on), PARANORMAN (animation) (10/25-10/28; 2-D & 3-D), STITCH HEAD sneak preview (animation) (10/26, 2 p.m.), HALLOWEEN (1978) (10/26, 3 & 7 p.m.; 10/29, 7 p.m.), TWILIGHT (10/29, 1, 4 & 7 p.m.), ANNIVERSARY, STITCH HEAD (animation) (10/29 on), THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (10/30, 1, 4 & 7 p.m.), TRIUMPH OVER EVIL: BATTLE OF THE EXORCISTS (religious docudrama) (10/30, 7 p.m.)
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Fall lecture by UC Santa Cruz professor Yiman Wang on the career of Anna May Wong (10/24, 2 p.m., free)
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (10/24-10/25, 7 p.m., free w/i-card)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL
Mix 94.5 and Rewind 92.5 present THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 50th anniversary with shadow cast (10/25, 7 p.m., sold out)
Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional “Now Playing” and “Coming Soon” listings appear after the jump!
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NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL
The Rocky Horror Show (10/24-10/25, 8 p.m.), Rocky Horror after show @ Cedar and Smoke (10/25, 10 p.m.)
@ Golden Ticket Cinemas Ale House, Bloomington, IL
CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (animé) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), REGRETTING YOU, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, BLACK PHONE 2, THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE, GOOD FORTUNE, ROOFMAN, TRON: ARES, TRUTH & TREASON (10/24 on), STITCH HEAD sneak preview (animation) (10/26, 2 p.m.), TWILIGHT (10/29, 7 p.m.), STITCH HEAD (animation) (10/29 on), THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (10/30, 4 & 7 p.m.), BUGONIA (10/30 on)
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
Closed for the regular season.
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
REGRETTING YOU (10/24-10/26, 10/29 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/Community Players Theatre shadow cast (10/24-10/25, 7 & 10 p.m.), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)/NOSFERATU (1922) double feature with live accompaniment by The Invincible Czars (10/26, 6 p.m.), CANDYMAN (10/27), THE LOST BOYS (10/28), FRANKENSTEIN (1931) (10/29), HOCUS POCUS (10/30)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
ROOFMAN (10/24-10/26)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
BLACK PHONE 2, IT (Screen 1), HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (animation), GOOSEBUMPS (Screen 2) (10/24-10/25)
NOW PLAYING | Midwest
@ AMC Newcity 14, Music Box Theatre, Gene Siskel Film Center, etc., Chicago, IL
61st Chicago International Film Festival (through 10/26)
For detailed and curated listings of Chicago-area film presentations and related events, please visit the fine folks at Cine-File and subscribe to their definitive “Cine-List” weekly blast. And for northern Illinois industry news, be sure to read Reel Chicago, Screen Magazine, and the Chicago Reader.
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
11/6-11/16
34th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival
@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
11/7-11/8
24th Route 66 International Film Festival*
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
11/8-11/9
Dark History & Horror Con* 2025
feat. Screaming Mad Film Festival
@ The Orpheum Theatre, Champaign, IL
11/8
4th Champaign Urbana International Film Festival*
@ Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
11/21
Chambana Film Society presents
The Found Footage Festival Vol. 11
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 7 p.m.
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
UPDATE! Chambana Film Society presents “The Savoy Arthouse”
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL, 3 p.m. unless noted otherwise
11/2: WEEKEND AT THE END OF THE WORLD; 11/16: Sanford Hess selection TBA; 11/21: The Found Footage Festival Vol. 11; 11/30: THE LADDER; 12/7: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS; 12/14: SONG SUNG BLUE (2008); 12/21: Sanford Hess selection TBA; 12/28: “Short Docs” program
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2025 Weekend Films”
@ Pine Lounge, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat, free w/i-card
10/30-10/31: THE CONJURING: LAST RITES; 11/7-11/8: FREAKIER FRIDAY; 11/14-11/15: DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE; 11/21-11/22: HIM; 12/5-12/6: CAUGHT STEALING
Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* event series
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL
11/13: HEREDITARY screening
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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